PVC Dan Bau for CBN Plumbing instrument Challenge

The Dan Bau is an ancient, traditional Vietnamese instrument. My PVC version is a greatly simplified design but the basic elements are there. Now to spend ab...

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Comment by Brent Briggs on June 24, 2017 at 4:14am

Man, this is one cool sounding instrument. Well done.

Comment by Dave Lynas on June 23, 2017 at 11:37am
Spooky Nancy! Wouldn't want that cat crossing my trail!
Comment by Jim Morris on June 23, 2017 at 8:58am

Thanks Nancy.

Comment by Nancy kat on June 23, 2017 at 7:44am

Educational Jim and quite amazing tones from that pipe! Meeeowwww^..^

Comment by Jim Morris on June 23, 2017 at 1:16am

Thanks Dave. Even without seeing the instrument the sound is familiar to anyone who's watched movies about that part of the world. The cool educational part for me is learning where the nodes or spots along the string are found and then connecting them by way of bending the control one way or the other for other scale notes. It is a challenge!

Comment by Jim Morris on June 23, 2017 at 1:13am

Thanks Andries. Yup, I watched this vid during my research and even looked up some of the German words. I tried a few different items for that stick and I haven't given up yet.

Comment by Jim Morris on June 23, 2017 at 1:11am

Thanks AGP.

Comment by Jim Morris on June 23, 2017 at 1:10am

Ha ha pick, my half pipe days of that sort are long over. But Tony Hawk would have a ball in here if we could hit him with a shrink ray.

Comment by Dave Lynas on June 22, 2017 at 11:18pm
Nice sounds Jim. Now I know where that sound comes from. Nice.
Comment by A.D.EKER on June 22, 2017 at 8:21pm

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aIEh1XHm1A&t=164s

See in detail how the controler works, it only has german comments, but the picture is what matters ! Greeeeettsszzz !

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